The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for kidney dysfunction, finding that there is no evidence to support a link between his current condition and military service.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not show any in-service event or injury related to the Veteran's kidney dysfunction, and the condition was first diagnosed years after service.
- Claimed conditions
- kidney dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 25, 2023
- Citation
- 23004928
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient opinions regarding whether the Veteran's kidney dysfunction is caused by or aggravated by his service-connected CAD. The case will be returned for further examination and opinion.
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